battering
noun
[ ˈbatərɪŋ ]
• the action of striking repeatedly with hard blows.
• "the south of England will take the heaviest battering"
batter
verb
• strike repeatedly with hard blows.
• "a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg"
Similar:
pummel,
pound,
rain blows on,
buffet,
belabour,
thrash,
beat up,
abuse,
hit,
strike,
beat,
smack,
assault,
attack,
thump,
lash,
aim blows at,
whack,
clout,
wallop,
bash,
clobber,
bop,
biff,
sock,
deck,
plug,
knock about,
knock around,
give someone a good hiding,
lay into,
lace into,
do over,
rough up,
damage,
injure,
hurt,
harm,
impair,
mar,
spoil,
destroy,
demolish,
crush,
shatter,
smash,
ruin,
total,
trash,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battuere ) + -er3.
batter
verb
• (of a wall) have a receding slope.
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
